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κέρᾰς, τό,
Epic dialect genitive Κέρᾰος, Attic dialect contraction κέρως; Epic dialect dative κέρᾰϊ (elided) or κέραι or κέρᾳ Refs 8th c.BC+ nominative plural κέρᾱ (see. below), genitive κεράων, κερῶν, dative κέρασι, _Epic dialect_ κεράεσσι:—Attic dialect Inscrr. have dual [κέρ]ατε Refs later Epic dialect κεράατα ([music notation]) Refs 8th c.BC+, a is shortened before a vowel, Refs 8th c.BC+; but ᾱ in Trag.and Comedy texts, κέρᾱτος Refs 5th c.BC+; compare κεραός.)
I the horn of an animal, in Refs 8th c.BC+ mostly of oxen, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὀφθαλμοὶ δ᾽ ὡς εἰ κέρα ἕστασαν his eyes stood fixed and stiff like horns, Refs 8th c.BC+; as a symbol of strength, LXX+4th c.BC+; of elephants' tusks, Refs 2nd c.AD+
I.2 antennae of crustaceans, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the silkworm's grub, Refs
II horn, as a material, αἱ μὲν γὰρ [πύλαι] κεράεσσι τετεύχαται Refs 8th c.BC+; the horn of animals' hoofs, Refs 3rd c.AD+
III anything made of horn,
III.1 bow, τόξον ἐνώμα.. πειρώμενος.. μὴ κέρα ἶπες ἔδοιεν Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2 of musical instruments, horn for blowing, σημῆναι τῷ κέρατι Refs 5th c.BC+; also, the Phrygian flute, because it was tipped with horn Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.3 drinking-horn, ἐκ τοῦ κέρατος αὖ μοι δὸς πιεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐξ ἀργυρέων κ. πίνειν Refs 5th c.BC+; for measuring liquids, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III.4 Ἀμαλθείας κ. cornucopiae, see at {Ἀμάλθεια}.
IV βοὸς κ. probably a horn guard or cover attached to a fishing-line, Refs 8th c.BC+ (also explained as a fishing-line of ox-hair (compare belowsee.l), cited in Refs 1st c.AD+; perhaps an artificial bait).
IV.2 clyster-pipe, Refs 4th c.AD+
IV.3 in plural, horn points with which the writing-reed was tipped, Refs 1st c.BC+
V of objects shaped like horns,
V.1 a mode of dressing the hair, κέρᾳ ἀγλαέ Refs 8th c.BC+ (unless the meaning be bow),Refs 3rd c.BC+; compare iv. l, and see at {κεροπλάστης}.
V.2 arm or branch of a river, Ὠκεανοῖο κ. Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ κ. τὸ Βυζαντίων the 'Golden Horn', Refs 3rd c.BC+; Ἑσπέρου K., name of a bay, Refs 4th c.BC+
V.3 wing of an army, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. δεξιόν, λαιόν, Refs 5th c.BC+
V.3.b κατὰ κέρας προσβάλλειν, ἐπιπεσεῖν, to attack in flank, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ κ. προσιέναι, ἕπεσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+
V.3.c ἐπὶ κέρας ἀνάγειν τὰς νέας to lead a fleet in column, Refs 5th c.BC+; of armies, κατὰ κέρας, opposed to ἐπὶ φάλαγγος, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκ ἐλᾶτε πρὸς τὸ δεξιὸν κ.; Refs 5th c.BC+
V.4 corps ofRefsmen, ={διφαλαγγαρχία}, Refs 1st c.BC+
V.4.b = {μεραρχία}, Refs 1st c.BC+
V.4.c contingent of thirty-two chariots, Refs 2nd c.AD+
V.5 sailyard, ={κεραία}, Refs 1st c.BC+
V.6 mountainpeak, variant in Refs; spur, τὸ κ. τοῦ ὄρους Refs 5th c.BC+: in plural, extremities of the earth, γῆς Refs 2nd c.AD+
V.7 in Anatomy, extremities of the uterus, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the diaphragm, Refs 2nd c.AD+
V.7.b ἁπαλὸν κ., = {πόσθη}, Refs 7th c.BC+
V.8 of the πήχεις of the lyre, χρυσόδετον κ. Refs 5th c.BC+ (rather than the bridge, because made of horn, Refs 2nd c.AD+
VI κέρατα ποιεῖν τινι to give him horns, cuckold him, proverbial in Refs 2nd c.AD+
VII = {κερατίνης}, Refs 2nd c.AD+
VIII = {σταφυλῖνος ἄγριος}, Refs 1st c.AD+; ={οἰνάνθη}, uncertain in Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+

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